I was a priest in the city-state era

Chapter 23 Recruiting Your Own Manpower

Roy dared to accept the clothes and shoes Procne made by himself because Procne used the reason of giving gifts to each other.

Without a valid reason, Roy would not dare to accept the clothes and shoes made by Philomela himself.

After all, once this matter is exposed——

Roy believed that between marrying Philomela to him or killing him, Pandion would definitely choose to kill himself.

"Princess Philomela, I dare not accept your clothes and shoes without a valid reason."

After responding to Philomela, Roy continued.

"I'm going to change my clothes next, do you want to stay and help me?"

Even Philomela, who was like a little pepper, couldn't help but blushed and said.

"We don't want to see your body."

Procne said with a smile.

"It's already night now, and it's time for the two of us to go back."

After Procne left with Philomela, Roy immediately took off his wet clothes and shoes, and put on cotton clothes and strappy sandals made by Procne.

Walking out of the stone house in loose clothes and standing outside feeling the coolness brought by the night wind, Roy couldn't help but said.

"The clothes and shoes that followed me into this world will be completely broken one day, and then I will only be able to wear the clothes and shoes of this world forever. Perhaps one day, I will also abandon the past thinking and start from the spiritual world. fully integrated into the world.”

Pandion's Stone House.

Inside the hall.

Erechtheus put the nautical chart and floating compass on the stone table, and then said to Pandion and Pandion's wife.

"Father! Mother! I have interrogated all the fishermen and confirmed that Roy really took them to the far sea. Roy was able to bring them back smoothly because he used these two things called nautical charts and compass to confirm the route and direction."

Then, Erechtheus picked up the floating compass and demonstrated the effect of the floating compass pointing south forever.

"It's incredible!"

Looking at the swaying suspended compass, Pandion's wife admired.

"Everything invented by Priest Loi has great uses. If other people become priests of the goddess Metis, can they have the same wisdom as Priest Loi and invent these incredible things?"

They must have never imagined that, let alone other people becoming priests of the Metis goddess, even Metis himself would not be able to invent these things.

Pandion said with a faint smile.

"Since Roy does have the technology to navigate the high seas, I can safely entrust him with the high seas trade. As long as he can successfully carry out the high seas trade, we will be able to use olive oil to continuously obtain food in the future."

The Attica peninsula is barren. Although the food produced is not enough to feed the corresponding population, it is rich in oil crops such as olives.

For a long time, the Athenians had exchanged olive oil for food with the Phoenicians who came by boat.

Just then, Procne and Philomela entered the hall arm in arm.

"Father! Mother! We're back."

After the two sisters bowed their heads to salute their parents, Procne took the initiative to speak to the Pandion couple.

"Father! Mother! Priest Loi gave me a lot of things recently. Today I saw the clothes and shoes that Priest Loi needed to replace, so I gave him a set of clothes and shoes."

Hearing Procne's words, Pandion couldn't help frowning.

Although Procne had legitimate reasons, Pandion still felt that Procne's approach was inappropriate.

After all, Procne's identity is the noble daughter of the leader, and she will marry the leader of a large tribe or the king of a country in the future, so her reputation should not be damaged in any way.

After her son Erechtheus, daughters Procne and Philomela returned to their respective rooms, Pandion's wife said with a worried expression.

"Honey! Procne and Philomela were raised in our deep boudoir, and they hardly had contact with men outside the family. Now they have frequent contact with priests of Loy, and priests of Loy have amazing wisdom, invented Come up with incredible new things, do you think our daughter will—"

"you do not need to worry!"

Pandion said confidently.

"Procne is a mature and sensible child. She knows that she can't be with Roy. Even if she has a good impression of Roy, she will restrain her feelings. Philomela is still a playful child. You worry about her Even more redundant."

the next day.

After Roy woke up, he washed up under the service of six maids.

As a result, before Roy finished washing, he saw Pandion walking over with a group of personal guards.

Roy finished rinsing his mouth in a hurry, then came to Pandion and said.

"Chief Pandion! Is there something important that requires you to come to me early in the morning?"

Pandion didn't speak, and looked at Roy's clothes and shoes with a gloomy expression.

Because Pandion recognized at a glance that these were clothes and shoes made by Procne himself.

Although Procne took the initiative to confess this matter to him yesterday, he did not tell him that he gave Roy the clothes and shoes he made by himself.

Noticing that Pandion was staring at his clothes and shoes, Roy felt guilty for a moment.

After a moment.

Pandion broke the silence and said.

"Priest Loi! I came to you to discuss the high seas trade with you. Now that you have successfully conducted the experiment of high seas voyage, I want you to lead a trade fleet to Crete to buy food as soon as possible. I will give you ten cargo ships, let you take a hundred cans of olive oil to Crete, and exchange all the hundred cans of olive oil for food. In order to guard against pirates, I will arrange fifty personal guards for you Soldiers keep the fleet safe."

I'm afraid these guards are not only guarding against pirates, but are also used to monitor me——

After complaining in his heart, Roy continued.

"Pandion leader! Your personal guards may be elite soldiers, but they may not be good sailors, so we need fifty more sailors. On ten cargo ships, each ship has five sailors and five personal guards. Will you arrange the fifty sailors, or will I recruit them myself?"

"Do you want to recruit sailors yourself?"

Roy nodded without hesitation.

"If Chief Pandion does not object, I would like to recruit fifty sailors myself."

Pandion looked at Roy with deep eyes for a moment, then said with a smile.

"Priest Loi! I said that you will have the status and power of a small leader, so you can recruit sailors according to your own ideas! I will give you three days, if you can't recruit fifty sailors after three days, you will Take the sailors I have arranged for Crete."

"it is good!"

After Pandion had left with his personal guard, Procne and Philomela, with a party of men and women, brought food.

Accompanied by Procne and Philomela, Roy returned to the stone house, eating food while thinking about recruiting sailors.

Now Roy has discovered a problem, although he has the status of a priest in the Athenian tribe, and there are many servants and maids around him.

But Roy doesn't really have his own hands.

Although the servants and maids around Roy obeyed Roy's orders, they were still loyal to the Pandion family in their bones.

(End of this chapter)